System, method and apparatus for communicating via instant messaging

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7584257
APP PUB NO 20060075056A1
SERIAL NO

11258337

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A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more instant messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. The instant messages may be sound instant message and/or text instant messages. During messaging, message status indicators provide users with the status of their respective messages. In one embodiment, the messages may be deemed to be either pending or received as distinguished by a pending status indicator and a received status indicator.

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  • AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Isaacs, Ellen Belmont , US 35 3014
Ranganathan, Dipti Dallas , US 5 309
Walendowski, Alan Belmont , US 11 745

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